Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP) Competitors

Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) and Darling Ingredients (NYSE:DAR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FDP or DAR?

64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.4% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 30.1% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Darling Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor FDP or DAR?

In the previous week, Darling Ingredients had 16 more articles in the media than Fresh Del Monte Produce. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Darling Ingredients and 6 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce. Darling Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's score of 1.08 indicating that Darling Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fresh Del Monte Produce	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Darling Ingredients	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FDP or DAR?

Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Darling Ingredients has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FDP or DAR?

Darling Ingredients received 202 more outperform votes than Fresh Del Monte Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.65% of users gave Darling Ingredients an outperform vote while only 62.59% of users gave Fresh Del Monte Produce an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fresh Del Monte Produce	Outperform Votes 256 62.59%	Underperform Votes 153 37.41%
Darling Ingredients	Outperform Votes 458 62.65%	Underperform Votes 273 37.35%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FDP or DAR?

Darling Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than Fresh Del Monte Produce. Fresh Del Monte Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Darling Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fresh Del Monte Produce	$4.28B	0.34	-$11.40M	$2.97	10.18
Darling Ingredients	$5.72B	0.82	$278.88M	$1.73	17.14

Do analysts rate FDP or DAR?

Darling Ingredients has a consensus price target of $52.75, indicating a potential upside of 77.87%. Given Darling Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Darling Ingredients is more favorable than Fresh Del Monte Produce.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Darling Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Is FDP or DAR more profitable?

Darling Ingredients has a net margin of 4.88% compared to Fresh Del Monte Produce's net margin of 0.36%. Darling Ingredients' return on equity of 6.04% beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fresh Del Monte Produce	0.36%	5.91%	3.65%
Darling Ingredients	4.88%	6.04%	2.60%

Summary

Darling Ingredients beats Fresh Del Monte Produce on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.